Arcane Trickster

Kind

Subclass

Hit points at level 1

8 + Constitution modifier

Hit die

d8

Primary ability

Dexterity

Spellcasting ability

Intelligence

As quick with a spell as you are with a lockpick, your illusions and enchantments keep opponents on the back foot.

Level progression

What this subclass adds at each Rogue level, from the game's progression table: what you get, what you choose.

1. Level 3
   Mage Hand Legerdemain

   When you cast Mage Hand, the spectral hand is invisible and permanent.

   Learn 2 spells

   Acid Splash, Booming Blade, Bursting Sinew, Bone Chill, Fire Bolt, Poison Spray, Ray of Frost, Shocking Grasp, Blade Ward, Friends, Dancing Lights, Light, Mage Hand, Minor Illusion, Toll the Dead, True Strike

   Learn 2 spells

   Charm Person, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Sleep

   Learn 1 spell

   Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

   Gains a spell

   Mage Hand

   +2 1st-level spell slots

2. Level 4
   Learn 1 spell

   Charm Person, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Sleep

   Learn 1 spell

   Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

   +1 1st-level spell slot

3. Level 5
   Learn 1 spell

   Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

4. Level 6
   Learn 1 spell

   Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

5. Level 7
   Learn 1 spell

   Blur, Crown of Madness, Hold Person, Invisibility, Mirror Image, Phantasmal Force, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Charm Person, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Sleep

   Learn 1 spell

   Arcane Lock, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enlarge/Reduce, Flaming Sphere, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Magic Weapon, Melf's Acid Arrow, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Ray of Enfeeblement, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

   +1 1st-level spell slot · +2 2nd-level spell slots

6. Level 8
   Learn 1 spell

   Arcane Lock, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enlarge/Reduce, Flaming Sphere, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Magic Weapon, Melf's Acid Arrow, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Ray of Enfeeblement, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

7. Level 9
   Magical Ambush

   While you are Hidden, your targets have Disadvantage on Saving Throws against your spells.

   Learn 1 spell

   Arcane Lock, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enlarge/Reduce, Flaming Sphere, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Magic Weapon, Melf's Acid Arrow, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Ray of Enfeeblement, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

8. Level 10
   Learn 1 spell

   Blur, Crown of Madness, Hold Person, Invisibility, Mirror Image, Phantasmal Force, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Charm Person, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Sleep

   Learn 1 spell

   Acid Splash, Booming Blade, Bursting Sinew, Bone Chill, Fire Bolt, Poison Spray, Ray of Frost, Shocking Grasp, Blade Ward, Friends, Dancing Lights, Light, Mage Hand, Minor Illusion, Toll the Dead, True Strike

   +2 1st-level spell slots

9. Level 11
   Learn 1 spell

   Blur, Crown of Madness, Hold Person, Invisibility, Mirror Image, Phantasmal Force, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Charm Person, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Sleep

10. Level 12
    Learn 1 spell

    Arcane Lock, Blindness, Blur, Cloud of Daggers, Crown of Madness, Darkness, Darkvision, Detect Thoughts, Enlarge/Reduce, Flaming Sphere, Gust of Wind, Hold Person, Invisibility, Knock, Magic Weapon, Melf's Acid Arrow, Mirror Image, Misty Step, Phantasmal Force, Ray of Enfeeblement, Scorching Ray, See Invisibility, Shadow Blade, Shatter, Web, Burning Hands, Charm Person, Chromatic Orb, Colour Spray, Disguise Self, Expeditious Retreat, False Life, Feather Fall, Find Familiar, Fog Cloud, Grease, Ice Knife, Enhance Leap, Longstrider, Mage Armour, Magic Missile, Protection from Evil and Good, Ray of Sickness, Shield, Sleep, Tasha's Hideous Laughter, Thunderwave, Witch Bolt

Spell slots by level

Running totals of the slots each level adds in the progression table, for a single-class character.

Spells 65

Can pick

• Acid Splash · Cantrip, from level 3
• Blade Ward · Cantrip, from level 3
• Bone Chill · Cantrip, from level 3
• Bursting Sinew · Cantrip, from level 3
• Dancing Lights · Cantrip, from level 3
• Fire Bolt · Cantrip, from level 3
• Friends · Cantrip, from level 3
• Light · Cantrip, from level 3
• Mage Hand · Cantrip, from level 3
• Mage Hand · Cantrip, from level 3
• Minor Illusion · Cantrip, from level 3
• Poison Spray · Cantrip, from level 3
• Ray of Frost · Cantrip, from level 3
• Shocking Grasp · Cantrip, from level 3
• Toll the Dead · Cantrip, from level 3
• True Strike · Cantrip, from level 3
• Burning Hands · Level 1, from level 3
• Charm Person · Level 1, from level 3
• Chromatic Orb · Level 1, from level 3
• Colour Spray · Level 1, from level 3
• Disguise Self · Level 1, from level 3
• Enhance Leap · Level 1, from level 3
• Expeditious Retreat · Level 1, from level 3
• False Life · Level 1, from level 3
• Feather Fall · Level 1, from level 3
• Find Familiar · Level 1, from level 3
• Fog Cloud · Level 1, from level 3
• Grease · Level 1, from level 3
• Ice Knife · Level 1, from level 3
• Longstrider · Level 1, from level 3
• Mage Armour · Level 1, from level 3
• Magic Missile · Level 1, from level 3
• Protection from Evil and Good · Level 1, from level 3
• Ray of Sickness · Level 1, from level 3
• Shield · Level 1, from level 3
• Sleep · Level 1, from level 3
• Tasha's Hideous Laughter · Level 1, from level 3
• Thunderwave · Level 1, from level 3
• Witch Bolt · Level 1, from level 3
• Arcane Lock · Level 2, from level 7
• Blindness · Level 2, from level 7
• Blur · Level 2, from level 7
• Cloud of Daggers · Level 2, from level 7
• Crown of Madness · Level 2, from level 7
• Darkness · Level 2, from level 7
• Darkvision · Level 2, from level 7
• Detect Thoughts · Level 2, from level 7
• Enlarge/Reduce · Level 2, from level 7
• Flaming Sphere · Level 2, from level 7
• Gust of Wind · Level 2, from level 7
• Hold Person · Level 2, from level 7
• Invisibility · Level 2, from level 7
• Knock · Level 2, from level 7
• Magic Weapon · Level 2, from level 7
• Melf's Acid Arrow · Level 2, from level 7
• Mirror Image · Level 2, from level 7
• Misty Step · Level 2, from level 7
• Phantasmal Force · Level 2, from level 7
• Ray of Enfeeblement · Level 2, from level 7
• Scorching Ray · Level 2, from level 7
• See Invisibility · Level 2, from level 7
• Shadow Blade · Level 2, from level 7
• Shatter · Level 2, from level 7
• Web · Level 2, from level 7
• Booming Blade · Action, from level 3